The Marion basketball teams will stay busy during the holiday break, and you can keep up with the boys and girls teams no matter where you are. The Marion girls team will play Kankakee, Illinois on Saturday, December 21 in Murray, Kentucky, on the campus of the Murray State Racers. You can watch this 2:30 p.m. contest on the Murray Bank Hardwood Classic Facebook page. The girls then play three games over three days in the 73rd annual Sandra Meadows Classic in Duncanville, Texas December 26-28. Marion plays Kinkaid at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 26, and the other two game times will be decided based on the Lady Pats winning or losing. You can watch all three Marion girls basketball games at the Sandra Meadows Classic at Click Here/. The Marion boys look to continue their good run to end 2024, beginning Friday, December 20, and Saturday, December 21, when the Patriots travel to Springdale to play two games in the 2024 Bulldog Classic. You can watch Marion play Bentonville at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 20 and the Patriots take on Springdale at 1:30 on Saturday, December 21 on the Springdale Athletic Foundation YouTube channel: Click Here. Marion caps a busy holiday basketball schedule December 26-28 at the Bad Boy Mowers Ronnie Brogdon Classic. The Pats open bracket play at 3 p.m., Thursday, December 26 against Forsyth, Mo., and the other two contests will be dictated depending on whether the Pats win or lose. You can watch the Bad Boy Mowers Ronnie Brogdon Classic on the Bad Boy Mowers Ronnie Brogdon Classic Facebook page. Following the holiday tournaments, the Marion basketball teams will be idle until Friday, January 10, when the Patriots open league action at West Memphis in a doubleheader that will be broadcast beginning at 5 p.m. on the Marion Patriots Activities Network.